State-of- the-Art AHTS Jaya Sovereign Sold

Leading offshore energy services provider, Jaya Holdings Limited, has reached an agreement to sell a second new state-of- the-art anchor handling tug supply vessel Jaya Sovereign to Canadian buyers, Atlantic Towing Limited.

The vessel’s delivery is expected by the end of 2013. The Jaya Sovereign is a sister ship of the Jaya Supreme which was delivered to Atlantic Towing in November of last year. Both vessels are among the most sophisticated anchor handlers ever built at a Singapore shipyard.

Jaya Sovereign’s main engines deliver more than 16, 000 bhp power output with a continuous bollard pull of over 200 metric tons. The vessel is being built to Wärtsilä’s exacting VS4622 design, with Clean Design notation from DNV that limits air emissions and sea pollution and a green passport to enhance future recyclability.

For emergency oil spill response purposes, the vessel features oil recovery tanks. Jaya Sovereign is manoeuvrable, its 22-metre beam giving excellent stability even in the rough seas of the North Atlantic winter. Built with Dynpos-AUTR Dynamic Positioning (Class 2), the ship is fitted with two bow thrusters and two in the stern, 19- ton and 13-ton thrust apiece respectively.

The vessel bridge is designed for Naut-OSV (A) notation, significantly enhancing navigation and communication capabilities. For work in areas close to the Arctic Circle, the vessel has DNV’s Ice-1A class notation, applicable for ships operating in broken channels made by breakers in first-year ice or in open waters with small floes. She is built to Comf-V(3) class, which keeps noise and vibration levels within strict parameters. Comfort Class is typically found on passenger ships rather than OSVs, demonstrating strong commitment to the welfare of i ts crew complement, up to 45. The vessel is fitted with a 400 tonne line-pull Brattvaag anchor handling and towing winch. It has additional spooling capacity for deep water work, twin sets of shark’s jaws, towing pins, and two remote control travelling cranes.

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Press Release, June 12, 2013